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Totalitarian vs Communism - What's the difference?

totalitarian | communism |

As nouns the difference between totalitarian and communism

is that totalitarian is an advocate of totalitarianism while communism is any political philosophy or ideology advocating holding the production of resources collectively.

As an adjective totalitarian

is a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

totalitarian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • A system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of totalitarianism.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    communism

    English

    (wikipedia communism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any political philosophy or ideology advocating holding the production of resources collectively.
  • Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
  • The international socialist society where classes and the state no longer exist.

    • Usage notes

    * See also the definitions of Communism .

    Related terms

    * Communism * communal * commune * communist * commie

    See also

    * leftism * Leninism * liberalism * Maoism * Marxism * socialism * Stalinism * Trotskyism English words suffixed with -ism